Solved! OTA BROADCAST ON SMART tv & HDMI DVD

sfnikkiburns

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WESTINGHOUSE TV MODEL# WD4OFB2530 COAXIAL INPUT BROKEN ON BACK OF TV. CAN I USE COMPOSITE INPUTS CONNECTED TO PHILIPS DVD MODEL#DVP396/37 TO RECEIVE OTA CHANNELS
 
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No, this won't do what you are asking about. Unless your DVD player has a coaxial input (not just an output) and a tuner for the OTA channels, it can't perform this function.

You could get a cheap digital tuner and connect it via HDMI to work around this. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0797PQFZG/ref=s9_acsd_newrz_hd_bw_b14JhrP_c_x_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=CZAQ61DX8BG6YD9CN7PV&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1526cfe8-0553-5dee-9cc3-22bda10391b2&pf_rd_i=979935011

COLGeek

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No, this won't do what you are asking about. Unless your DVD player has a coaxial input (not just an output) and a tuner for the OTA channels, it can't perform this function.

You could get a cheap digital tuner and connect it via HDMI to work around this. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0797PQFZG/ref=s9_acsd_newrz_hd_bw_b14JhrP_c_x_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=CZAQ61DX8BG6YD9CN7PV&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1526cfe8-0553-5dee-9cc3-22bda10391b2&pf_rd_i=979935011
 
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